It is amazing how we can make assumptions about people when we first meet them, and how those assumptions can ultimately prove to be wrong once we get to know them a little bit better. Too often I myself have made assumptions on people that have proved to be incorrect, and at times I have not even met that person that I have formed an opinion of.

In getting to know my students I have discovered a completely new person as opposed to when I first met them. During the time teaching them my assumption has proved to be not completely true. Gradually they have begun to drop their mask and show who they really are. Hence, the need to keep an open mind.

When having interviewed someone for a job, having read their CV, I automatically without realizing it have begun to make assumptions. During the interview process and the exchange of information, I then begin to see another picture that I had not seen when I read the CV.

We as human beings are making conscious or unconscious assumptions every day. We can read a newspaper or watch TV, and quite often we make assumptions based on what we are fed by the media.

This is something I am learning to become more aware of; it is a human characteristic that has been with us since the time began. I have no answers or conclusions. These are just thoughts that I have had, that I would like to share with you. It would be nice to hear your comments or perspective on what I have written.

If you feel that Ascala Magazine offers interesting articles, perhaps you would like to forward the logo and link showing Ascala Magazine to your website, blog and facebook sites. Also, I write two columns myself, called ”Wispers from the Spirit World”, and ”Medium Cronicle”.

I am now into the third week of my holiday and I am enjoying my freedom from a normally busy schedule, because of my work being planned a year in advance. Turning of my mobile phone and not having to return calls. For these short weeks it is nice to be in my own space, and there is my garden, which is like a good old friend. The joy of seeing a plant blossom, to sit quietly and listen to the sounds of the forest… The garden and nature are for me living things that speak to me with pictures and whispers; food for the soul, so soothing.

As we both work together in the garden the biggest joy of all is the silent communion that exist between my grandson and I. There are moments of laughter and moments of teasing and there are moments when we talk about everything and nothing. He is not just my grandson he is my friend.
I got to go now; it is time to have a cup of tea and to sit by the pond and spend time with my grandson.

If you feel that Ascala Magazine offers interesting articles, perhaps you would like to forward the logo and link showing Ascala Magazine to your website, blog and facebook sites. Also, I write two columns myself, called ”Wispers from the Spirit World”, and ”Medium Cronicle”.

It amazes me what assumptions people have made about me down through the years as a working medium. Some think that I can see, know and do everything.

A client I had many years ago, who came for a private reading, told me about the picture she had of me before coming to see me. She said: I had built this big picture about you Terry. I expected to come into the room and there you would be like a guru dressed in white, a person that would answer all my questions, but when I entered the room you and saw you, you looked just like my husband! I was shocked. She was later to become a student, and how we used to laugh at her reaction.

I remember another special private consultation with a client. During the consultation certain members of her family came through that she recognized, but I detected that something was wrong, because there was a look of confusion on her face. So I asked her: “Is something wrong?” She said: “I recognize who they all are, but they are dead!” Even though I had given her information about what a medium does prior to the sitting beginning and how I am used as a channel, she had not fully realized what kind of consultation she would receive, but she walked away with a smile on her face.

Sometimes without realizing it people can be so funny in their reactions, but the most important thing is, it gives me a wonderful opportunity to laugh at myself. There are many stories that I could tell, when I think back it brings me a lot of laughter. I recall the occasion when I was giving a private consultation and a female spirit contact was coming through bringing with her a very strong maternal feeling. She gave me more information, but I made a mistake and thought it was the woman’s mother, so I said: “I have got your mother here from spirit”, to which she replied: “I hope not, she is waiting for me in your waiting room.” She started to laugh and said in humour: “I had better go out and check if she is still with us.” We laughed so much. Of course her mother had not passed to the other side. She was still sitting in the waiting room – alive and well. I shall never forget that story; it always brings a smile to my face.

If you feel that Ascala Magazine offers interesting articles, perhaps you would like to forward the logo and link showing Ascala Magazine to your website, blog and facebook sites. Also, I write two columns myself, called ”Wispers from the Spirit World”, and ”Medium Cronicle”.

I think every human being has dreams, some have realistic dreams and others have dreams that perhaps can never reach fruition. I would like to share with you how I was able to make some of my dreams come true. As a young person I never dreamt of being a medium, but I was always fascinated by the unexplained and the mind, never realizing that I would one day work with these things. I had another dream of travelling around the world, and I remember how I as a child one night had a powerful dream about an African man. He was taking me on a journey all over the world, and in the dream he said to me: “You can wake up now.” I awoke, but quickly returned to sleep and there he was, waiting for me and we continued our travels.

I would dream of living in this beautiful place that was close to nature, and as a child I became a scout. In those days they taught us how to live in the wilderness and take care of ourselves teaching us to respect nature, and only take what we needed from it. I dreamed of one day living in the wilderness and that I would become a pioneer.

As a child in the classroom I asked endless questions, and sometimes in frustration the teacher would say: “I do not have the answer.” I just wanted to understand, and as a child, even though I had many friends I was always considered to be a loner. However, now in the later part of my life these dreams I write of I realize were just a preparation for what I would work with. At the time I did not realize that.

As I became older I lost touch with some of these dreams, but through predictions during consultations with a medium I became aware of them again. They were identical in a sense to the dreams I had had as a child, of course in a more sophisticated or detailed form. I did not try to make these dreams come true, it just happened; one could say it was a question of timing and synchronicity. It was as if my spirit friends had decided the time was right, that I was mature enough, to send somebody into my life with an opportunity or a challenge. I had the courage to take the risk and the insight to recognize the moment of opportunity. Many times the risk was far more important for me. I have never been very good at remaining in comfort zones for very long. My pioneering spirit always yearns for a new adventure.

I have become all the things that I dreamt about as a child. I have travelled the world and in so doing many times I have lived so close to nature that I have almost become a part of it. In becoming a medium I have learned so much about the power of mind, in my work as a medium and as an ordinary person. For me the mind is an endless universe that holds so many mysteries. That is why I love my job as a medium. You could liken it to the Starship Enterprise; it has taken me to unknown planets and galaxies within and helped me realize potential and possibilities that existed beyond my conscious mind. Today I live in this beautiful place called Fanthyttan, but at the same time my pioneering instincts have taken me to some very beautiful places within my mind.

I believe that the spirit world brought me in contact with my natural intelligence and the true nature of my inner spirit through the dreams I had as a child. A preparation that would help me realize my dreams and take me to where I am today in my life.

So what are your dreams? Do you have the wish to make them come true? What I write about here helped me make those dreams become a reality and a living part of my mind and life, but I always had to accept an opportunity and take a risk. If I had not done that I would not have found the equipment to walk my life’s path and fulfilled the promise I made when my soul entered the incarnation to which I now am a part of.

/ Terry Evans

If you feel that Ascala Magazine offers interesting articles, perhaps you would like to forward the logo and link showing Ascala Magazine to your website, blog and facebook sites. Also, I write two columns myself, called ”Wispers from the Spirit World”, and ”Medium Cronicle”.

I think it is important to take time for oneself in everyday life. Like for example, within a weeks’ time my holiday begins. I look forward to these days when I do not have to plan anything, I can just be spontaneous. Most of my work is planned a year ahead so it is nice to have days when everything is open and one can decide to do things on the spur of the moment. It is planned that my 17-year old grandson will visit me. He has been to Sweden on a number of occasions and every time we meet he checks to see if he is taller than me. For some reason he seems to enjoy spending time with his old grandfather. This time he is going to help me with some of the projects I have for the garden, but apart from that we are going to do some go-karting and a little fishing. It will be nice to be together again and I know he loves being in the garden.

It is important for me to take a time out every day, if only it is just for five minutes. An important time for me is in the beginning of the day. Before my busy schedule begins I like to sit with my feelings and give them a voice. It is a wonderful way to listen to that inner voice and that helps me to reconnect with Terry the person, and not the medium. For us who live incredible busy lives with demands made upon us all the time, I believe that if we do not take timeout it can cause burn out.

In the winter time I like to clear snow or just sit and watch a good movie drinking a glass of wine. I love to entertain and cook food for friends, a time when we laugh and joke and talk about everything and nothing.

After a busy day in the course room or when other work is done, it clears my mind to just train for a while and to enjoy the wonderful sensation of having a shower afterwards, feeling very tired and physically relaxed.

I like to go to flea markets or car boot sales, it is always exciting, you never know what bargain you might find. I love the interaction of bartering; it is part of the fun.

Water has always been a magnet to me. That is why I love to sit beside the pond in our beautiful garden and listen to the sound of the waterfall, it soothes my soul.

These are just a few of the ways that I take time out and give myself those magic moments to replenish myself. I work long hours at times, that is a part of my work and my commitment to it, but I also need to be committed to my own needs in order to maintain a healthy balance.

Taking timeout can also mean laughing with colleagues and just sharing a joke, or sitting listening to my personnel during meal breaks, just chattering away. Most of the time there is laughter and they love to tease one another. Those moments are golden, relieving pressure and offering new perspective. Humour has always been a part of my life and I hope it continues to be.

There are so many ways in which we can chill out, we just need to grab the moment and allow ourselves to be, whatever the moment offers.

Enjoy your magic moments this summer!

/ Terry Evans

If you feel that Ascala Magazine offers interesting articles, perhaps you would like to forward the logo and link showing Ascala Magazine to your homepage, blog and facebook sites. Also, I write two columns myself, called ”Wispers from the Spirit World”, and ”Medium Cronicle”.